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PAMPHLETHLDER.

No. 287,052. Patented Oct. 23, 1883.

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Y i yUNITED STATES kPATENT OFFICE.

'y JOHN O. POOR, OF FRANKLIN, NEW HAMPSHIRE, AssTeNOR, EY MEsNE As-A sIeNMENTs, To HiMsELFAND RUFUs E. BEAN, OF sAME rLAcE.

FAMPl-i'LET-HOLDIER.`-

SPECIFICATION forming`- part of Letters Patent No. 287,052, dated October 23, 1883.

`is defined in the claims hereinafter presented.

Fig. 4 is a perspective view of the devices-for` connecting the two covers of the pamphletholder and sustaining' a pamphlet therein. Fig. 5 is a view ofthe holder as open and having apamphlet arranged within it.

-The mechanism for grasping the pamphlet consists of two wires or springs,V A A, .connected attheirmiddles, and having each hooked at its opposite ends, as shown at a.' To each wire spring, within its hooks, there is applied,

y so as to turn on it transversely, of it, two of four hinge-leaves, B. Each pair of such leaves applied to a-wire is riveted or otherwise fastened to one of two rectangular covers, GC. Instead of each wire beingV bent near each of its ends in the form of a hook, as shown, it

may be bent in the form of an eye, or otherwise, properly, to enable the part so bent to answer as a jaw to hold'the pamphlet D-whi ch at its back is inserted between the pairs of hooks of the two wires-and is held in-place Application filed June 5, 1883. (No model.)

by the spring or elasticity of the wires. The

covers readily turn open with or close upon 35.

the pamphlet7 as occasion may require, in a manner analogous to that in which the covers of a book operate relatively to the leaves.

The article composed of the two covers, the

hooked and connected springs, and the hinge- 4o leaves, arranged and combined as set forth, is very convenient for holding a magazine or pamphlet, or a pack of leaves of paper or parchment.

In order to applya pamphlet or magazine io thesaid article, the jaws of it are to be pressed apart and the pamphlet at its back is to be inserted between them. The springs being next allowed to compress the jaws upon thefpamphlet, it will be securely held between the 5o covers. Y

' I claim* 1. The magazine or pamphlet holder, substantially as described, composed of the two covers, thehooked and connected springs, and

and the four hinge-leaves, arranged and adapt- 6o ed substantially as set forth.`

JOHNOSCAR POOR.

Witnesses:

FRANK PROOTOR, J. H. TAYLOR. 

